The Good Ship Murder - Ancona - 10:00 pm Tuesday, February 17 on 5 +1

Catherine Tyldesley (Actor) .. Kate Woods

Born: September 17, 1983 in Salford

Best Known For: Playing Eva Price in Coronation Street.

Early-life: Born in Salford on September 17, 1983, Catherine studied acting at the Birmingham School of Acting. She made her TV debut in a 2006 episode of No Angels. A year later, she played the lead role in Liverpool-set BBC One drama Lilies.

Career: Other roles followed in The Street, Florence Nightingale, Doctors, Red Riding: In the Year of Our Lord 1983, Scallywagga, Shameless, The Royal, and Trollied. Between August and October 2010, she portrayed prison guard Abi Peterson in Emmerdale. Her first taste of life on Coronation Street came in 2006 when she played a midwife for one episode. Five years later she returned to the famous cobbles as recurring character Eva Price, a role she continues to play.

Quote: On working on Coronation Street: "Every day I feel so grateful and so lucky. I'm a huge, huge fan of the show and always have been."

Trivia: Tyldesley has modelled clothes for House of Fraser.

Shayne Ward (Actor) .. Jack Grayling

Born: October 16, 1984 in Tameside, Greater Manchester

Best Known For: Winning The X Factor.

Early-life: Shayne Thomas Ward was born on October 16, 1984 in Tameside, Greater Manchester to Irish Traveller parents who had settled in England. He entered talent show Popstars: The Rivals when he was 18 and reached the final 30 contestants. Before taking part in The X Factor, he performed at pubs, clubs and weddings with a band called Destiny.

Career: Ward won the second season of The X Factor in 2005, launching his music career. He released his first single, That's My Goal, the same year and released his self-titled debut album in 2006. His follow-up, Breathless, was released in 2007 and this third album, Obsession, came out in 2010. Ward went on to star in West End musical Rock of Ages as Stacee Jaxx and then played the Artilleryman in the final arena tour of Jeff Wayne's Musical Version of The War of the Worlds. In 2015, he released his fourth album, Closer, and began playing Aidan Connor on Coronation Street.

Quote: "I love a challenge, and I think it's when people least expect you to do something that you often do your best."

Trivia: He was nominated for Best Newcomer at the British Soap Awards in 2016 for his work in Coronation Street.

Geoffrey Breton (Actor) .. Piers de Vreese

Yuna Shin (Actor) .. Dr Sharon Tan

James Barriscale (Actor) .. Captain Marlowe

Lesley Dunlop (Actor) .. Carole Merryweather

Born: March 10, 1956 in Newcastle upon Tyne

Best Known For: Where the Heart Is and Emmerdale.

Early-life: Lesley was born in Newcastle upon Tyne on March 10, 1956, the daughter of TV writer Pat Dunlop. She made her acting debut in 1973 TV drama A Little Princess. Roles followed in Crown Court, ITV Sunday Night Theatre, Oranges & Lemons, The Adventures of Black Beauty and South Riding.

Career: Dunlop's first adult role was playing Lizzie Hexam in the 1976 BBC version of Our Mutual Friends. She went on to have recurring roles in Angels, Penmarric, Smuggler, Doctor Who, Capstick's Law, May to December, Wokenwell and Where the Heart Is. In 2008, she joined the cast of Emmerdale as Brenda Walker.

Quote: After shaving her head for a cancer storyline on Emmerdale: "I never realised I had a good shaped head!"

Trivia: In 2013, Dunlop shaved her head when her Emmerdale character was diagnosed with a brain tumour.

Alexis Vandendaelen (Actor) .. Antoine Lapointe

Davide Tucci (Actor) .. Jens de Groot

Kit Lambert (Writer)

Jonathan Phillips (Series producer)

Steve Hughes (Director)

Andy Morgan (Executive producer)

Paul Matthew Thompson (Executive producer)

The Good Ship Murder: Ancona

10:00 pm - 11:00 pm, Tuesday, February 17 on 5 +1 (38)

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Ancona
Season 3, Episode 8

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